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EFA in Meetings (April 2015)
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In April we had the pleasure to participate in a training on Health Technology Assessment (HTA) to increase patient involvement in development of medicines and medical devices. We also travelled to Sw ...
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EU Policy update (March 2015)
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March was full of novelties! WHO published a report on the access to new medicines in Europe and the EEA published the State of the Environment linking environmental policies to our health. The Commis ...
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EFA in events (March 2015)
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Much new evidence of interest for allergy, asthma and COPD patients was published in March. We attended the launch of the EMA 20th years anniversary, the Roadmap for sustainable care, the EEA State of ...
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EU Policy update (Summer 2014)
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New leaders of the European Institutions
We left you before the summer break with updates on the composition of the new European Parliament coming out from the elections of May 2014. As from July, i ...
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EU Policy update (January 2014)
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Greek Health Minister visited the ENVI committee
On January, 22nd the Greek Minister for Health Adonis Georgiades presented the priorities of the Greek Presidency of the European Union to the ...
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EU Policy update (September 2013)
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Adoption of a strong Tobacco Products Directive in danger!
The European Parliament rescheduled the debate and the vote on the Tobacco Products Directive which should have taken place in September 20 ...
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EU Policy update (May 2013)
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Tobacco Product Directive
On May 30 the ENVI Committee discussed amendments to the proposed Tobacco Product Directive, which is currently being discussed at the European Parliament. More than 1360 a ...
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Policy update (March 2013)
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The European Health Report 2012
The European Health report 2012 describing the overall improvements in health in the WHO European region has now been made available on-line. The general report, publ ...
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EU Policy update (February 2013)
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Policy Round-Up
The results of the HealthVent project were presented at the European Parliament (see article above) and the European Commission was requested to issue a Green Paper on indoor air qua ...
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EFA and EU Policy Update (Summer 2012)
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This summer EFA has been busy preparing for a busy autumn, but also replied on behalf of allergy and respiratory patients to a European Commission Consultation on the subject of climate change in Euro ...
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